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PORTLAND PREACHER PERSISTENT IN INTEREST OF KLAN AS DR. BOND WRITES OF FINE RACE RELATIONSHIP; MANY LOUISVILLE BUSINESS MEN MEMBERS, SAYS MAYOR; CITY PUTS BAN ON PUBLIC MEETING About the same time that Dr. James Bond, Secretary of the Inter-Racial Commission of Kentucky was preparing his articles for the several daily and weekly newspapers of the state, giving his recent observation of the splendid present racial relationship in the state and the rapidly growing tendency and the beautiful outlook for an even better understanding and a more happy and helpful relationship in the future, Rev. E. W. Parkes, pastor of the Portland Avenue Baptist Church, located in a community where there has never been known to be the smallest bit of friction or trouble of any kind between the races, puts aside his book of books, leaves his sacred chamber, and calls on the mayor in his office in the City Hall, and pleads that he be allowed to use God's house for the purpose of telling the people of the community about the Klan, about principles of the organization which are already known to the white people of Louisville and too well known to the colored citizens, who fr om past performances of the Klan in many other places of the country, and from knowledge of the principles laid down in the Klan ritual, and carried out to the letter wherever the organization is able to systematically work its way into the minds and into the confidence of the community, and get a strong hold.
Dr. Bond's Observations In Part
"Negroes and white people are reaching, throughout the state of Kentucky, a mutual understanding which tends to foster good will an dinter-racial co-operation". according to Dr. James Bond, Director of the Inter-racial Commission of Kentucky. Dr. Bond says, "many instances could be given in proof of the above statement." One of the most significant phases of the work of the Inter-racial Commission in Kentucky has been the presentation by Dr. Bond of the whole inter-racial situation to the students of white colleges in the state. He reports that he has spoken to the students of a considerable number of white colleges in the state, and that he has been cordially and enthusiastically received by these student bodies. In these addresses Dr. Bond has tried to set forth the ideals and aspirations of the Negro on the one hand, and the efforts of groups of Southern white people, men and women, to help the Negro reach these ideals and spirations on the other hand. Everywhere he has se t forth the fact that the Negro like the white man, is proud of his own race, that he believes in preserving its identity and solidarity. He is confident of its future, provided adequate facilities for its development are furnished, and the handicaps that now hinder its progress are removed. "What the Negro wants," Dr. Bond has told these students in these white schools and universities, "is a chance, an equal chance, an opportunity for his children to become all that it is possible for them to become, to know all that it is possible for them to know, to accomplish all that it is possible for them to accomplish." "In a word, the Negro wants justice and fair play." This appeal for even-handed justice for the Negro has met a hearty response among the young white people of every institution he has addresses. Dr. Bond has attempted to show these young men and women the necessity upon the part of white people of maintaining toward the colored people the attitude of sympathy, of j ustice and helpfulness. He insists that a race be judged by its best and not by its worst, that if the young white men and women of Kentucky really desire to know the Negro, in order to appreciate his struggles, his hopes and aspirations, his merits, they must judge him not solely by the servants with whom they come in contact in their homes and on the farms, nor by the criminal class, but by the educatde, successful and progressive groups among the Negro. They must know his leaders, the editors of his papers and magizines, the authors of his books, the writers of his songs, the leaders of his industrial and commercial activities, his physicians, ministers and teachers. They must not only know the life of the Negro in the alleys and the slums, but the beautiful, cultured and refined Negro homes on the best streets and in the best sections of the cities and towns. They must become acquainted with his literature, his work in arts an sciences, etc.
Business Men Members Says Mayor
Following the first interview with representatives of the Klan in his office last week newspaper reports carried a statement in which the Mayor made it known that there were many Louisville business men who were members of the Klan, and in so many words he made it known that the Klan had some rights, and that as long as they kept within the law he had to go slow in his attempts to suppress the Klan programs. He pointed out that other organizations denied membership to those they had reason to reject as members.
The above from the Mayor, in connection with the circulated report of several certain business places, where thousands of dollars were spent by Negroes had in their employment men who were active members of the Klan put the Negroes of this community who have reason in not relishing the Klan in any shape, form or fashion, to thinking and wondered what had come over the Mayor.
The Mayor and Board Final Position
Rev. Parkes, who has been the most persistent in his efforts to get the Klan principles before the citizens of Louisville was given the city's final order on the question after a conference of the Board of Public Safety Tuesday afternoon, which included Mayor Quin, Capt. C. F. Huhlein, Chairman, Messrs. Marvin H. Lewis and Joseph Selligman. The statement which is a strong document setting forth good reasons why the Klan should not be allowed power in this community is quite a contrast as to what was expected after the Mayor's statement as given above, and pretty much gives the very principles for which the Klan stands without a speech from Rev. Rev Parkes. The statement follows:
The Rev. E. W. Parks, pastor of the Portland Avenue Baptist Church, called on the Mayor and the Board of Public Safety this afternoon After hearing their view relative to his holding a public meeting to discuss and explain the principles of the Ku Klux Klan, the Rev. Mr. Parkes very gracefully the Mayor and the Board of Public Safety that the proposed meeting should not be held. We believe that such a meeting could serve no good purpose and might provoke disorder.
Position Is Final
In this general discussion we refer to several conferences that were sought and held with us at various representatives of the Ku Klur Klan, and this is a full and final statement of our position:
We recognize, as every American school boy recognizes, the constitutional rights of peaceable assemblage and free speech. We have no desire whatever to interfere with the lawful exercise of these rights. We would however, promptly suppress any assembly called for the announced purposed of promoting anarchy. Bolshevism or any other form of attack on our constitutional government, or which might develop such a purpose.
Regarding the Ku Klux Klan, it is general opinion among the law-abiding citizens of this country that its principles contemplate a setting up of an invisable empire superior to the Constitution and laws of this country, and the attempted usurpation, through terrorism, violence, and other lawless methods, of the functions of the duly constituted officers of the law. It is well known that in various parts of our country masked bands of terrorists alleged to be operating as Klansmen, have committed such outrages as flogging, tarring and feathering, and even murdering citizens who fell under their displeasure. It is also generally understood and believed that the Klan stands for and propogates racial and religious prejudice and proscription, all of which is contrary to the letter and spirit of our Federal and State Constitutions.
Masking Inveighed Against
The appearance in public of any person or group of persons under a mask or disguise of any kind is clearly against the law, and demonstrations of any bands in or about the City of Louisville will be sternly suppressed.
By adopting the name which they have, by their methods of parading in masked bands, by the use of the symbol of the flaming cross, made to appear mysteriously and unexpectedly, the Klan has justly laid itself open to the suspicion and charge of intending to terrorize those yho come under its prescription.
There is no place in a law-abiding city like Louisville for such an organization, and the Mayor and the Board of Public Safety will exercise every means they lawfully can to prevent its asserting any power in this community.
As we go to press Rev. Parkes makes a public statement in which he made it known that notwithstanding the city's ban on the meeting he would deliver his speech to the public in a church or hall in the central section of the city the night of June 21.
GREATEST WEEKLY
LOUISVILLE, KY .. SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 1923
RACE RELATIONSHIP AND DYER TELLS NE· 'I PORTLAND PREACHER PERSISTENT IN INTEREST OF
GROES TO DEFEAT KLAN AS DR. BOND WRITES OF FINE RACE RELA· THE KU KL UX KL AN DUTY SHIRKERS TIONShIP; MANY LOUISVILLE BUSINESS ME MEMBERS,
IARKANSAS SAYS MAYOR; CITY PUTS BAN ON PUBLIC MEETING
MOB THREATENS LIFE
Bishop Wallace RoughIy Handled Because He Resented Action of Boy
NEGRO PRINCIPAL TELLS MISSISSIPPIANS WHAT NEGRO WANTS
TWO DEMOCRATIC MAYORS SHAKE HANDS
FORTY FIVE GRADUATE FROM FISK UNIVERSITY
DR NOAH WILLIAMS A GREAT SUCCESS
WHITEFIELD THE
BISHOP CAREY PAYS BANDIT HUNT 1924

PORTLAND PREACHER PERSISTENT IN INTEREST OF KLAN AS DR. BOND WRITES OF FINE RACE RELATIONSHIP; MANY LOUISVILLE BUSINESS MEN MEMBERS, SAYS MAYOR; CITY PUTS BAN ON PUBLIC MEETING About the same time that Dr. James Bond, Secretary of the Inter-Racial Commission of Kentucky was preparing his articles for the several daily and weekly newspapers of the state, giving his recent observation of the splendid present racial relationship in the state and the rapidly growing tendency and the beautiful outlook for an even better understanding and a more happy and helpful relationship in the future, Rev. E. W. Parkes, pastor of the Portland Avenue Baptist Church, located in a community where there has never been known to be the smallest bit of friction or trouble of any kind between the races, puts aside his book of books, leaves his sacred chamber, and calls on the mayor in his office in the City Hall, and pleads that he be allowed to use God's house for the purpose of telling the people of the community about the Klan, about principles of the organization which are already known to the white people of Louisville and too well known to the colored citizens, who fr om past performances of the Klan in many other places of the country, and from knowledge of the principles laid down in the Klan ritual, and carried out to the letter wherever the organization is able to systematically work its way into the minds and into the confidence of the community, and get a strong hold.
Dr. Bond's Observations In Part
"Negroes and white people are reaching, throughout the state of Kentucky, a mutual understanding which tends to foster good will an dinter-racial co-operation". according to Dr. James Bond, Director of the Inter-racial Commission of Kentucky. Dr. Bond says, "many instances could be given in proof of the above statement." One of the most significant phases of the work of the Inter-racial Commission in Kentucky has been the presentation by Dr. Bond of the whole inter-racial situation to the students of white colleges in the state. He reports that he has spoken to the students of a considerable number of white colleges in the state, and that he has been cordially and enthusiastically received by these student bodies. In these addresses Dr. Bond has tried to set forth the ideals and aspirations of the Negro on the one hand, and the efforts of groups of Southern white people, men and women, to help the Negro reach these ideals and spirations on the other hand. Everywhere he has se t forth the fact that the Negro like the white man, is proud of his own race, that he believes in preserving its identity and solidarity. He is confident of its future, provided adequate facilities for its development are furnished, and the handicaps that now hinder its progress are removed. "What the Negro wants," Dr. Bond has told these students in these white schools and universities, "is a chance, an equal chance, an opportunity for his children to become all that it is possible for them to become, to know all that it is possible for them to know, to accomplish all that it is possible for them to accomplish." "In a word, the Negro wants justice and fair play." This appeal for even-handed justice for the Negro has met a hearty response among the young white people of every institution he has addresses. Dr. Bond has attempted to show these young men and women the necessity upon the part of white people of maintaining toward the colored people the attitude of sympathy, of j ustice and helpfulness. He insists that a race be judged by its best and not by its worst, that if the young white men and women of Kentucky really desire to know the Negro, in order to appreciate his struggles, his hopes and aspirations, his merits, they must judge him not solely by the servants with whom they come in contact in their homes and on the farms, nor by the criminal class, but by the educatde, successful and progressive groups among the Negro. They must know his leaders, the editors of his papers and magizines, the authors of his books, the writers of his songs, the leaders of his industrial and commercial activities, his physicians, ministers and teachers. They must not only know the life of the Negro in the alleys and the slums, but the beautiful, cultured and refined Negro homes on the best streets and in the best sections of the cities and towns. They must become acquainted with his literature, his work in arts an sciences, etc.
Business Men Members Says Mayor
Following the first interview with representatives of the Klan in his office last week newspaper reports carried a statement in which the Mayor made it known that there were many Louisville business men who were members of the Klan, and in so many words he made it known that the Klan had some rights, and that as long as they kept within the law he had to go slow in his attempts to suppress the Klan programs. He pointed out that other organizations denied membership to those they had reason to reject as members.
The above from the Mayor, in connection with the circulated report of several certain business places, where thousands of dollars were spent by Negroes had in their employment men who were active members of the Klan put the Negroes of this community who have reason in not relishing the Klan in any shape, form or fashion, to thinking and wondered what had come over the Mayor.
The Mayor and Board Final Position
Rev. Parkes, who has been the most persistent in his efforts to get the Klan principles before the citizens of Louisville was given the city's final order on the question after a conference of the Board of Public Safety Tuesday afternoon, which included Mayor Quin, Capt. C. F. Huhlein, Chairman, Messrs. Marvin H. Lewis and Joseph Selligman. The statement which is a strong document setting forth good reasons why the Klan should not be allowed power in this community is quite a contrast as to what was expected after the Mayor's statement as given above, and pretty much gives the very principles for which the Klan stands without a speech from Rev. Rev Parkes. The statement follows:
The Rev. E. W. Parks, pastor of the Portland Avenue Baptist Church, called on the Mayor and the Board of Public Safety this afternoon After hearing their view relative to his holding a public meeting to discuss and explain the principles of the Ku Klux Klan, the Rev. Mr. Parkes very gracefully the Mayor and the Board of Public Safety that the proposed meeting should not be held. We believe that such a meeting could serve no good purpose and might provoke disorder.
Position Is Final
In this general discussion we refer to several conferences that were sought and held with us at various representatives of the Ku Klur Klan, and this is a full and final statement of our position:
We recognize, as every American school boy recognizes, the constitutional rights of peaceable assemblage and free speech. We have no desire whatever to interfere with the lawful exercise of these rights. We would however, promptly suppress any assembly called for the announced purposed of promoting anarchy. Bolshevism or any other form of attack on our constitutional government, or which might develop such a purpose.
Regarding the Ku Klux Klan, it is general opinion among the law-abiding citizens of this country that its principles contemplate a setting up of an invisable empire superior to the Constitution and laws of this country, and the attempted usurpation, through terrorism, violence, and other lawless methods, of the functions of the duly constituted officers of the law. It is well known that in various parts of our country masked bands of terrorists alleged to be operating as Klansmen, have committed such outrages as flogging, tarring and feathering, and even murdering citizens who fell under their displeasure. It is also generally understood and believed that the Klan stands for and propogates racial and religious prejudice and proscription, all of which is contrary to the letter and spirit of our Federal and State Constitutions.
Masking Inveighed Against
The appearance in public of any person or group of persons under a mask or disguise of any kind is clearly against the law, and demonstrations of any bands in or about the City of Louisville will be sternly suppressed.
By adopting the name which they have, by their methods of parading in masked bands, by the use of the symbol of the flaming cross, made to appear mysteriously and unexpectedly, the Klan has justly laid itself open to the suspicion and charge of intending to terrorize those yho come under its prescription.
There is no place in a law-abiding city like Louisville for such an organization, and the Mayor and the Board of Public Safety will exercise every means they lawfully can to prevent its asserting any power in this community.
As we go to press Rev. Parkes makes a public statement in which he made it known that notwithstanding the city's ban on the meeting he would deliver his speech to the public in a church or hall in the central section of the city the night of June 21.
GREATEST WEEKLY
LOUISVILLE, KY .. SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 1923
RACE RELATIONSHIP AND DYER TELLS NE· 'I PORTLAND PREACHER PERSISTENT IN INTEREST OF
GROES TO DEFEAT KLAN AS DR. BOND WRITES OF FINE RACE RELA· THE KU KL UX KL AN DUTY SHIRKERS TIONShIP; MANY LOUISVILLE BUSINESS ME MEMBERS,
IARKANSAS SAYS MAYOR; CITY PUTS BAN ON PUBLIC MEETING
MOB THREATENS LIFE
Bishop Wallace RoughIy Handled Because He Resented Action of Boy
NEGRO PRINCIPAL TELLS MISSISSIPPIANS WHAT NEGRO WANTS
TWO DEMOCRATIC MAYORS SHAKE HANDS
FORTY FIVE GRADUATE FROM FISK UNIVERSITY
DR NOAH WILLIAMS A GREAT SUCCESS
WHITEFIELD THE
BISHOP CAREY PAYS BANDIT HUNT 1924